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Larned State Hospital employees tell their stories
By Jim Misunas jmisunas@gbtribune.com LARNED -- Three employees at Larned State Hospital facilities told their stories Saturday of mandated overtime and frustration with a work schedule that makes maintaining a "normal" family life impossible. Mike Marvin, head of the Kansas Organization of State Employees, said aides and mid-level nurses are often being required to work two or more 12- or 16-hour shifts a week. KOSE represents many of the hospital's mental health developmental ...
Welcome Inn What Nots
Welcome Inn What Nots Activities April 28-May 4 Free Yoga Class - Monday 11 a.m. A 30-minute class taught by Jill Hutchins, certified instructor. Paraffin Spa - Tuesday and Thursday 11:30 a.m. Makes your hands feel great under the supervision of Byron Stilts. Coffee Time - Tuesday 9:30 a.m. Bring food to share or just show up. Welcome Inn Board Meeting - Wednesday 12:45 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend. Mexican Train (dominoes) game. Every ...
Family members question state's Sexual Predator Treatment Program
By Dave Ranney KHI News Service TOPEKA - Britta Lucas' fiancé, Steven Piersee, has been enrolled in the state's Sexual Predator Treatment Program for almost four years. The Lawrence woman said the program wasn't helping him. "They're treated as though they are cattle," Lucas said, referring to the program's 220 residents in Kansas. "There is no treatment program." Lucas was among those who testified Monday before a state task force charged with coming up with ...
Larned State Hospital protest planned
By Jim Misunas jmisunas@gbtribune.com LARNED - Several current and past Larned State Hospital employees will join two Kansas Organization of State Employees in a protest of working conditions at LSH at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Pawnee County Courthouse grounds. Mike Marvin, head of the Kansas Organization of State Employees, said the protest would focus on aides and mid-level nurses often being required to work two or more 12- or 16-hour shifts a week. KOSE ...
Pawnee County Courthouse approved for Saturday rally
LARNED - The Pawnee County Commission met April 15 at the Pawnee County Courthouse. The following are approved minutes submitted by Pawnee Commission clerk Ruth Searight.
Flying turkey smashes Larned man’s vehicle
By Jim Misunas jmisunas@gbribune.com RENO COUNTY - Two Larned citizens escaped serious injury Monday morning when an airborne turkey smashed through their windshield before landing in their vehicle. Reno County Sheriff's Captain Capt. Wayne Baughman reports David Miller, 65, at the accident scene for minor cuts and glass in his eyes. Dena Miller, 56, was not injured. Baughman said David Miller was driving a 2012 Ford SUV eastbound on U.S. 50, when a turkey flew ...
Fort Hays-Fort Dodge Road crosses several rivers
Editor's Note: Local historian David Clapsaddle writes about aspects on the Santa Fe Trail. This series profiles how Santa Fe Trail freight, passengers and mail shifted from the overland trail to railways.
Old Guard program shifted to Larned Community Center
LARNED - The annual Fort Larned Old Guard program scheduled at Fort Larned National Historic Site Saturday will be presented at the Larned Community Center, 1500 Toles Rd.
Ranger Jones tells Clapsaddle's story
BY JIM MISUNAS jmisunas@gbtribune.com LARNED - Fort Larned Ranger Ellen Jones told the history of Larned's historic "Little Red House," to Northside Elementary School third-grade students Tuesday. Jones' visit was sponsored by the Fort Larned National Historic Site. Isabel Worrell, Larned's first schoolteacher, called the building 'The Little Red House." Jones read Clapsaddle's story about James Worrell, one of the early residents of the Little Red House. Worrell was an Army officer during the Civil ...
Lt. Col. George A. Custer leads 7th Cavalry
Editor's Note: Local historian David Clapsaddle writes about aspects on the Santa Fe Trail. This series profiles how Santa Fe Trail freight, passengers and mail shifted from the overland trail to railways.
Students learn about 'Little Red House'
By David K. Clapsaddle A building called The Little Red House is given, like the little blue engine in "The Little Engine That Could," the ability to tell a story. I was born if you want to call it that, in 1863 at Fort Lamed an Army post in west central Kansas. At the post was a sutler named Jesse Crane. The sutler was not a soldier, but a civilian who had a store at ...
Pawnee Commission conducts weekly meeting
LARNED - The Pawnee County Commission met at 10:30 a.m. April 8 at the Pawnee County Courthouse. The following are approved minutes submitted by Pawnee Commission clerk Ruth Searight.
Governor Brownback scheduled to visit Larned State Hospital
By Dave Ranney KHI News Service c LARNED - Kansas Governor Sam Brownback and Shawn Sullivan, Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services Secretary, will lead a tour of Larned State Hospital facilities Thursday. Sullivan has told lawmakers that he has hired a Denver consulting firm called the Buckley Group to look for ways to make the state's five hospitals for the mentally ill and developmentally disabled more efficient. "The recommendations aren't due for another ...
Hospital's 'protest' date April 27
LARNED - A protest of working conditions at Larned State Hospital will be held 11 a.m. April 27 at a specific site to be determined near the hospital.
Larned State Hospital employees lead Kansas overtime payments
LARNED - Two Larned State Hospital employees were reported with the highest overtime salaries among Kansas state and government employees in 2012, according to information available from the web site kansasopengov.org.
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